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OverviewOn the hot summer evening of July 2, 1863, at the climax of the struggle for a Pennsylvania hill called Little Round Top, four Confederate regiments charge up the western slope, attacking the smallest and most exposed of their Union foe: the 16th Michigan Infantry. Terrible fighting has raged, but what happens next will ultimately - and unfairly - stain the reputation of one of the Army of the Potomac’s veteran combat outfits, made up of men from Detroit, Saginaw, Ontonagon, Hillsdale, Lansing, Adrian, Plymouth, and Albion. In the dramatic interpretation of the struggle for Little Round Top that followed the Battle of Gettysburg, the 16th Michigan Infantry would be remembered as the one that broke during perhaps the most important turning point of the war. Their colonel, a young lawyer from Ann Arbor, would pay with his life, redeeming his own reputation, while a kind of code of silence about what happened at Little Round Top was adopted by the regiment’s survivors. From soldiers’ letters, journals, and memoirs, this book relates their experiences in camp, on the march, and in battle, including their controversial role at Gettysburg, up to the surrender of Gen. Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kim CrawfordPublisher: Michigan State University Press Imprint: Michigan State University Press Edition: Revised and Updated Edition Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 1.451kg ISBN: 9781611863338ISBN 10: 1611863333 Pages: 605 Publication Date: 30 August 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor Kim Crawford has utilized a large selection of primary and secondary sources to provide an outstanding narrative that relates the untold Civil War story of the 16th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Additionally, copious endnotes and a solid bibliography attest to the scholarship that the author brings to this composition. --DAVID D. FINNEY JR., author of Remembering Michigan's Civil War Soldiers """Author Kim Crawford has utilized a large selection of primary and secondary sources to provide an outstanding narrative that relates the untold Civil War story of the 16th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The author's real contribution to the history of the 16th Michigan is not the chronological description of their involvement in the war, which is presented in a fine manner, but rather the detailed minutiae of life in the regiment, which really provides great interest and flavor to the book. Information gathered from unpublished diaries, correspondence, period newspapers, and military service records provides a lively regimental history that is infused with soldiers' observations and anecdotes as well as their perspectives on issues of a military, political, and social nature. Additionally, copious endnotes and a solid bibliography attest to the scholarship that the author brings to this composition."" --David D. Finney Jr., author of Remembering Michigan's Civil War Soldiers" Author Kim Crawford has utilized a large selection of primary and secondary sources to provide an outstanding narrative that relates the untold Civil War story of the 16th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The author's real contribution to the history of the 16th Michigan is not the chronological description of their involvement in the war, which is presented in a fine manner, but rather the detailed minutiae of life in the regiment, which really provides great interest and flavor to the book. Information gathered from unpublished diaries, correspondence, period newspapers, and military service records provides a lively regimental history that is infused with soldiers' observations and anecdotes as well as their perspectives on issues of a military, political, and social nature. Additionally, copious endnotes and a solid bibliography attest to the scholarship that the author brings to this composition. --David D. Finney Jr., author of Remembering Michigan's Civil War Soldiers Author InformationKim Crawford is a retired newspaper reporter and author of The Daring Trader: Jacob Smith in the Michigan Territory and coauthor of The 4th Michigan Infantry in the Civil War. He has written about Michigan Civil War soldiers for Michigan History magazine, served as guest curator for the Flint Sloan Museum's 2012 Civil War exhibit, The Brave and the Faithful, and has given talks on both the 4th and 16th Michigan Infantry regiments to historical societies and Civil War roundtables. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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